A Radiologist Is Using an MRI to Determine Whether a Tumor

A radiologist is using an MRI to determine whether a tumor detected in a patient is malignant, but the results are ambiguous. Deciding that the danger of missing a true malignancy is greater than the upset caused by what might be a false positive diagnosis, the radiologist reports that the tumor is probably malignant and refers the patient to a specialist for further evaluation and treatment. In this example,

A) the radiologist has adopted a neutral decision criterion.
B) the radiologist has adopted a conservative decision criterion.
C) the radiologist has adopted a liberal decision criterion.
D) the radiologist's decision criterion will depend on whether the tumor is later found to be malignant.